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50 Incredible Stop Motion Videos
Stop motion animation is one of the hottest areas of film-making today. Stop motion is an animation art through which one can spring life in inanimate things and do the unnatural. It works by shooting a single frame of an object, then moving the object slightly, and then shooting another frame. When the film runs continuously in a film projector, or other video playback system, the illusion of fluid motion is created and the objects appear to move by themselves. This is similar to the animation of cartoons, but using real objects instead of drawings.
Well, how can you make use of stop motion in web design? Some design agencies integrate stop motion in their showreels, some may use it to present a product or a service. The main advantage of the technique is that it really looks different, unusual and therefore memorable. In technical terms, stop motion consists of many forms according to techniques used to create, animate and film it – pixilation, cutout animation, time-lapse, clay animation and many more. Stop motion animation is time-consuming, repetitive process which requires patience.
Below we present over 50 amazing examples of stop motion videos, a tribute to hard work of animators, artists and creative folks.
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Stop Motion Videos
Fat City Reprise – Long Gone video by Cesar Kuriyama
Music video was created entirely from 45,000 Photographs taken by a Nikon D200 DSLR.
This Photographs were stitched together to create the illusion of video.
Human Tetris video by www.notsonoisy.com
Super Mario Bros 3 LEGO video by jmehatesyou
Human Skateboard video by SneauxShoesVideo
Happy Thanksgiving video byMentalLapse
Abstract thoughts video by Darryn ray
A short love story video by Carlos Lascano
Chess clay stop motion video by ricx78
Shaving by Hand video by theyear1988
PSP Commercial video by dark420bishop
7×7x7 cube assembly video by qythium
Rubik’s Cube video by viralvideos
Lego Millenium Falcon video by technomonkeymedia
Chocolate creme suicide video by chuwichuwi
Tony vs Paul video by Tetriscide
Video by Kendall Hunt
Commercial – Swiss Made video by filmbaeckerei
Western Spaghetti video by PES
Commercial: Even your food wants it video by DestinationPro
Tomato video by Androsky Knauer
Livin La Vida Sconsin video by mysteryd8
Music Condenser video by Promesto
Guns N Roses video by ClayMationMCO
Process Enacted video by Jordan C Greenhalgh
Commercial – xBox video by retiredbutBACK
Ad – Hands video by Rocketman1964
Video by MyDriveThru
Light-Paint Piano Player video by Ryan Cashman
Commercial: Marching Cigarettes 1948
Ad- Best Beer video by videos0wnit
Food Fight video by touristpictures
Video by TheLastLaugh
Video by JeanCarpentier
Video by JelleVanDun
Video by SSCxProduction
Video by wemakesoap
Video by Neylano
Spinning Rocks video by lunalady
Video by benzo31
Video by guillaume Noue
Video by Wyc Tippins
Video by Brian Storey
Gloomy Valentine video by Wazza001
MUTO a wall-painting video by blu
Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection video by Mabona origami
Revamped Graphic Equalizer video by Marcelo Costa
Sia – “Breathe Me”
Music video made from several thousands Polaroid photos.
Further Resources
Area for further articles and related resources.
- How to Create a Stop Motion Animation
- Dragon Stop Motion
Dragon Stop Motion is a full-featured stop motion animation production tool for Mac OS X. - MonkeyJam
MonkeyJam is a free PC compatible software that will easily allow you to create stop motion videos. - Stopmotion
Free linux application for creating stop-motion animation. - Web Cam Stop Motion
User generated videos created using webcam. - Video:How To Make Stop Motion Animations
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Vailancio Rodrigues, born and currently living in scenic beauty of Goa, spent most of his childhood in art and creativity. At present a College student who likes to try and do different things at every moment. Also an webmaster and web designer – Tiny Goa and Pixel Art.
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- 2December 31st, 2008 10:17 am
Nice Collection Guys… Thanks for sharing !!
Been waiting to see more…!!
- 3December 31st, 2008 10:18 am
Very nice, though the Lego Mario video is not real, the creator explains what he did in the topic.
- 4December 31st, 2008 10:42 am
Ab: Musician video by rizoto1000
I´d like to see that the maker of this video got the views and credit instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqumbhfxRo - 5December 31st, 2008 10:47 am
This is super, hugely inspiring! I’m going to be making my own stop motion animations with the youngsters I work with – thanks smashmag :)
- 6December 31st, 2008 10:48 am
Wow, great collection of creative work.
Human skateboard is great, especially when they grind along the ledge!
- 7December 31st, 2008 11:24 am
A Short Love Story is amazing!
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- 9December 31st, 2008 11:39 am
Great collection. The super mario one is one of my favorites.
- 10December 31st, 2008 12:47 pm
Collection needs the old Big Chuck & Lil John Show sketch from WJW in Cleveland. Wish I could find a copy.
- 11December 31st, 2008 12:58 pm
Musician video by rizoto1000 is wrong, its someone who has posted the video without giving credit to the original maker. The video is “Amateur” by Lasse Gjertsen.
Link to his profile: http://www.youtube.com/user/lassegg - 12
- 13December 31st, 2008 1:12 pm
Wallace and Gromit deserves a mention surely
- 14December 31st, 2008 1:17 pm
The lego video is fake. He used an emulator and stretched it over the bricks, if you read the description.
- 15December 31st, 2008 1:35 pm
This is a great application of stop motion. A little old but worth the watch. I WOZ ERE – Richard Coldicott
Thanks for this post, the inspiration you all provide on a daily basis is much appreciated.
- 16December 31st, 2008 1:44 pm
“Musician video by rizoto1000″ is actualle created by lassegg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassegg - 17December 31st, 2008 2:22 pm
This is an inspiringly original list. There are so many great stop motion videos floating around,
- 18December 31st, 2008 4:02 pm
Great list! Though Amateur should have been credited to Lasse Gjertsen. I’m sure he would appreciate it.
- 19December 31st, 2008 6:49 pm
great post, 2 nice ads:
onitsuka tiger – made of japan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOUfh1quwKg
audi – unbox the box: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zjg9h8BQJs
- 20December 31st, 2008 7:24 pm
What was the go with the rubic cube one and having the swachsticker (or how ever you spell it)
here look: http://www.grabup.com/uploads/c667da9d7d46c36cc19458d305e70ae0.png
- 21December 31st, 2008 8:39 pm
Amazign ..
How they can do that.. ??
Unbelieveable..
Thanks for sharing. - 22January 1st, 2009 12:30 am
Have you seen the image displayed at 1′10 of the 7×7×7 cube assembly video by qythium ? Not very funny isn’t ?
- 23January 1st, 2009 2:50 am
really nice collection, but i really miss one of my favor stop motion video.
the style of it is a bit like the human skateboarding video. very funny and and a really awesome technical work. so, just have look.
i hope promised not too much… ;-)
stop motion fight - 24
- 25January 1st, 2009 6:44 am
My Lego stop motion : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPUFuyecYec – “live punk concert song / videoclip” – Punkrocket wheelchair
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- 27January 1st, 2009 8:16 am
Like many have mentioned: “Musician” is Amateur and made by Lasse Gjertsen.
- 28January 1st, 2009 1:21 pm
Commercial I worked on from my old design firm: FreeStyle Clothing Exchange Commercial
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- 30January 1st, 2009 7:09 pm
I like the origami. very inspiring.
- 31January 1st, 2009 8:30 pm
Abstract thoughts is good one, i think this is a fantastic animation mode. really awesome. :)
- 32January 1st, 2009 9:56 pm
I have used this technique in the past. It is very time consuming! You can come up with some crazy stuff if you are willing to put the time into it.
- 33January 1st, 2009 11:48 pm
Really cool list of stop motion videos!
I run a website called anim8 stop motion which has interviewed some of the animators and creative minds behind some of these videos and more.
the interviews include JelleVanDun, Jordan C Greenhalgh, tony and paul. The site is still in the early days and has been up and running for about six months now.
I think te next year is going to be massive for stop motoin animation with films like coraline and $9.99 coming out.
Hope some of you check out the site and leave some of the animators a few comments ;p
Heppy New Year every one
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- 35January 2nd, 2009 12:56 am
Actually 51 incredible stop motion movies :P
I got inspired: http://dieterschneider.blip.tv/#1637930
- 36January 2nd, 2009 1:58 am
You forgot something absolutely amazing:
Zombie Zombie – Driving this road…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT7AH4JyuNs - 37January 2nd, 2009 2:08 am
You’ve forgotten one of the best: Video3000
http://video3000.de/Via http://www.inkoherence.com/video-3000-una-joya-del-stop-motion-.html
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- 39January 2nd, 2009 4:57 am
Some videos are awesome. Pure art.
Cheers - 40January 2nd, 2009 5:45 am
I’ll third the statement that Lasse Gjertsen isn’t getting the credit he deserves. Please Mr. Rodrgiues, do the right thing and fix this ASAP.
- 41January 2nd, 2009 6:06 am
Really great stuff here guys. You don’t see this as much as you should anyway, most likely because of the sheer amount of work that goes into creating one. A lot of 90’s snowboarding and skateboarding videos had some really cool animations in stop motion, “steak and lobster” being one of them.
Anyway, Happy New Year, and thanks!
- 42January 2nd, 2009 6:14 am
Another great one is Gabe Dixon’s newest video for “Till You’re Gone”: “Till You’re Gone” on YouTube.
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- 45January 2nd, 2009 2:41 pm
Very useful thanks
- 46January 2nd, 2009 2:47 pm
The svastica figure in the 1:10 sec of the 7×7x7 Rubik’s cube assembly (see yellow on black) is unacceptable. No fun, I request to remove it.
Rest of the post, as usual, excellent.
- 47January 3rd, 2009 4:46 pm
Surprised Vampire Weekend’s A-Punk video didn’t make the list.
- 48January 4th, 2009 8:31 pm
Love this list. Some of those are very cool.
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- 50January 5th, 2009 5:14 am
I like this one very much!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Nu8bo2d-o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7-ZNtVAieU - 51January 5th, 2009 8:53 am
Agree with Miles and Franck about the swastika, can we remove that one?
Loved the rest of this! What a great way to start my first day back from a long vacation. There is a long string of videos with no sound… is that just me?
- 52January 5th, 2009 2:01 pm
This one has really inspired me, the song and the idea from the video was recently adapted into a TV ad for a phone company. I think it was all done on a whiteboard with a few markers – Check it out here (youtube video)
- 53January 6th, 2009 12:51 am
Love the human skate board one.
- 54January 6th, 2009 10:22 am
Awesome!!!
Megaman 9 Rock in paper…
- 55January 7th, 2009 5:35 am
I LOVE the bedhead vid……..she is too cute!
- 56January 8th, 2009 7:08 am
Everybody should watch this one out from McLaren !
Won an Oscar in 1952!
Link = http://beta.nfb.ca/film/Neighbours_Voisins/ - 57
- 58January 15th, 2009 4:01 pm
Here is a stopmotion music video by dutch photographer Daniel Baggerman for the band Face Tomorrow;
- 59January 16th, 2009 6:33 am
Me and my mate have made a stop motion video we’re really proud of – please check it out! Here’s the link – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8DvWZKH-sI
- 60January 18th, 2009 1:59 pm
I can’t believe you left out te sony bravia bunnies!!
- 61January 19th, 2009 1:43 pm
Just thought Id let every one know anim8 stop motion is holding a coraline pack give away to promote the release of Coraline the stop motion film that is going to be stunning,
check out the competition at: anim8 stop motion coraline giveaway
- 62February 26th, 2009 2:14 am
Ahh..you left these amazing stop-motion videos (just youtube- it):
sweet dreams ->
anything by jan svankmajer
sweet wishes by mark ryden - 63
- 64March 8th, 2009 8:21 pm
- 65March 8th, 2009 8:25 pm
Check out this stop motion film i made. I think it is pretty good. Let me know what you think
“Cookie Time”Thanks =]
- 66March 16th, 2009 9:31 pm
I have two videos I am surprised didn’t make the list:
and
Salute Your Solution – The Raconteurs (sorry, couldn’t find video)(if you can’t tell, I’m a big Jack White fan)
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- 68April 6th, 2009 9:49 am
Juliepulled the living room naked rugby from the juncture of katherine. I removed his.
- 69May 2nd, 2009 7:57 am
I love the human skateboard video… xD
the musician video and the Guinness commercial are also fun.
- 70June 13th, 2009 3:56 pm
The Super Mario one isn’t stop motion. It’s video of an emulation stretched over a block of laid out legos as per the video description.
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- 72June 20th, 2009 12:40 am
I made my own Stop Motion, if you wanna see it :
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- 74July 1st, 2009 1:11 am
the human skateboard video was actually directed by PES too, it’s on his youtube channel.
- 75August 17th, 2009 4:57 pm
Thank you so much! My 6-yr-old son and I watched this before embarking on his first stop motion film. He wants to try using diff mediums, but we started with paper. He learned a lot from your videos and from the group, TinyCircus.org. he posted the video (with Green Day music on YouTube: http://ow.ly/knxL
- 76August 17th, 2009 4:59 pm
Thank you so much! My 6-yr-old son and I watched this before embarking on his first stop motion film. He wants to try using diff mediums, but we started with paper. He learned a lot from your videos and from the group, TinyCircus.org. Entered his film in the Wired.com/Geekdad Father of the Year contest on YouTube. Who knows if he’ll win, but it’s been super fun. Again, thx!!
- 77September 20th, 2009 9:46 am
Hi guys! Let me share with you my first stop motion I did using a simple canon poweshot camera and some little interesting monkeys!
Table manners http://vimeo.com/2844172
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- 79October 27th, 2009 7:42 am
Look this stop motion made with toilet paper:
http://www.vimeo.com/7280402
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